MA/MS in Operations Research

The ORIE master of engineering is a professional degree taken full time and on campus, with an emphasis on real-world applications. Operations research and information engineering develops and applies data-analysis tools to improve decisions, drawing on mathematics, statistics, data science, machine learning and systems engineering. Tools include optimization models, simulation of complex processes and learning algorithms that find patterns in large data sets. Employers in healthcare, energy, finance and government rely on graduates to provide descriptive and prescriptive analytics. Prospective applicants should check with the graduate field office and the Cornell Graduate School about admission requirements, funding and application timelines, because this catalog entry concentrates on the academic content and milestones of the degree rather than on costs or deadlines.